Emergency Vehicle Permission

On another note, gas shortages here in Tokyo are significant. I got up at 2:30AM and drove around for over an hour looking for 24 hour gas stations but they were all closed. At 4AM I got in line behind 30 other cars at a local gas station. After a while I walked up to the station and saw the sign saying they were out of gas and had no idea when the next load would arrive. I decided to skip that line; drove a bit further and found a line with less than 10 cars so I got in that one some time before 5AM. At 6:45AM they opened and were only selling 2,000 yen of gas per vehicle which amounts to about 3 or 4 gallons at current prices. I showed them my emergency vehicle permit and they kindly agreed to sell me about 5 gallons so now I have half a tank!